1974 Kingsport Braves Statistics
Appalachian League (AL) - Class: R
Team Record: 31-39
Finished 4th in the AL's North Division
Manager: Hoyt Wilhelm (31-39)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 35,841, Avg. 1,024
1974 Kingsport Braves RosterTeam Record: 31-39
Finished 4th in the AL's North Division
Manager: Hoyt Wilhelm (31-39)
Affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
Ballpark: J. Fred Johnson Stadium
Attendance: 35,841, Avg. 1,024
The Kingsport Braves of the Appalachian League ended the 1974 season with a record of 31 wins and 39 losses, finishing fourth in the league's North Division.
The Braves scored 330 runs and conceded 368 runs. Rufino Linares accounted for 41 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .291. Steven Kerns led the team with 5 wins, while Timothy Waclawczyk earned a 2.53 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1974 Kingsport Braves who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Dale Murphy, Rufino Linares, Rick Camp, Joey McLaughlin, Dave Campbell and Mike Davey.
Hoyt Wilhelm served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Kerns | 5 | 3 | .625 | 3.17 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 71.0 | 54 | 29 | 25 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 68 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Dave Campbell | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.57 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 49.0 | 40 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 65 | 4 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Rick Camp | 3 | 2 | .600 | 3.14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 43.0 | 44 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Timothy Waclawczyk | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.53 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 44 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Tim Costello | 3 | 6 | .333 | 3.84 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 68.0 | 62 | 38 | 29 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 55 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Mike Davey | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.89 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19.0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| George Phillips | 2 | 1 | .667 | 5.25 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 29 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Robert Myers | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.50 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Gregory Kastner | 2 | 3 | .400 | 4.72 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 42 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Vincent Titus | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.74 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.0 | 46 | 31 | 30 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Joey McLaughlin | 2 | 5 | .286 | 5.29 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 41 | 27 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Pat Hobbs | 1 | 1 | .500 | 7.07 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Westlake | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cristino Bello | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cristobal Berroa | 0 | 0 | 5.85 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.0 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Jose Calderon | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Larry Bryant | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.69 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 39.0 | 50 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| William King | 0 | 2 | .000 | 6.30 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 43 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Totals | 31 | 39 | .443 | 4.23 | 185 | 71 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 594.0 | 590 | 368 | 279 | 34 | 286 | 6 | 526 | 29 | 9 | 48 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glen Smith | 69 | 303 | 241 | 49 | 69 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 5 | 56 | 41 | .286 | .422 | .357 | .779 | 86 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Rufino Linares | 56 | 242 | 220 | 32 | 64 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 47 | .291 | .351 | .414 | .765 | 91 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Richard Green | 61 | 238 | 203 | 30 | 51 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 42 | .251 | .350 | .433 | .784 | 88 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Dale Murphy | 54 | 214 | 181 | 28 | 46 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 53 | .254 | .349 | .376 | .725 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Daniel Newell | 56 | 210 | 178 | 29 | 34 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 51 | .191 | .301 | .326 | .627 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Don Fletcher | 53 | 189 | 150 | 26 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 36 | 51 | .213 | .372 | .380 | .752 | 57 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Robert Long | 48 | 176 | 142 | 22 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 29 | .197 | .343 | .239 | .582 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Eric Cervantes | 36 | 126 | 102 | 15 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 24 | .245 | .379 | .363 | .742 | 37 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Oliva | 44 | 116 | 106 | 11 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 15 | .208 | .276 | .245 | .521 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Leland Byrd | 47 | 187 | 142 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 39 | .155 | .332 | .183 | .515 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Jaime James | 41 | 102 | 93 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25 | .172 | .238 | .258 | .496 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jose Richard | 18 | 57 | 52 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | .250 | .316 | .288 | .604 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnnie Fletcher | 24 | 61 | 57 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .193 | .220 | .281 | .501 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Thomas Westlake | 8 | 34 | 24 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .417 | .588 | .708 | 1.297 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Iglesias | 21 | 53 | 44 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | .227 | .358 | .250 | .608 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Smith | 14 | 26 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .348 | .423 | .478 | .901 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Stone | 19 | 47 | 40 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | .200 | .298 | .200 | .498 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| George Ban | 21 | 46 | 41 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | .171 | .261 | .220 | .480 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gregory Kastner | 9 | 16 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .429 | .467 | .571 | 1.038 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Luis Diaz | 15 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .235 | .316 | .235 | .551 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Kerns | 15 | 32 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | .133 | .188 | .200 | .388 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Davey | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | .571 | .667 | 1.238 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William King | 16 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .300 | .364 | .400 | .764 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ronald Rockhill | 16 | 35 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | .103 | .212 | .103 | .316 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Costello | 13 | 22 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .105 | .150 | .105 | .255 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| George Phillips | 13 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .400 | .250 | .650 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Larry Bryant | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .167 | .375 | .167 | .542 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joey McLaughlin | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .111 | .200 | .111 | .311 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vincent Titus | 14 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .071 | .133 | .143 | .276 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Camp | 7 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | .067 | .125 | .067 | .192 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Waclawczyk | 10 | 21 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .053 | .050 | .053 | .103 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dave Campbell | 22 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cristobal Berroa | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cristino Bello | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Robert Myers | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jose Valenzuela | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruben Santana | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Hobbs | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 911 | 2677 | 2258 | 330 | 507 | 83 | 11 | 36 | 273 | 60 | 19 | 347 | 538 | .225 | .334 | .319 | .653 | 720 | 39 | 31 | 25 | 16 | 11 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Green | 1B | 55 | 431 | 15 | 17 | 38 | .963 | 8.109 | ||||
| Daniel Newell | 1B | 21 | 115 | 7 | 1 | 10 | .992 | 5.810 | ||||
| Luis Diaz | 1B | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Glen Smith | 2B | 68 | 145 | 164 | 16 | 44 | .951 | 4.544 | ||||
| Thomas Westlake | 2B | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Charles Smith | 2B | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Martin Iglesias | 2B | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 3.500 | ||||
| Steve Oliva | 2B | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | ||||
| Don Fletcher | 3B | 51 | 42 | 64 | 26 | 6 | .803 | 2.078 | ||||
| Daniel Newell | 3B | 15 | 11 | 28 | 2 | 3 | .951 | 2.600 | ||||
| Martin Iglesias | 3B | 13 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | .833 | 1.538 | ||||
| Ronald Rockhill | 3B | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| Luis Diaz | 3B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Dale Murphy | C | 52 | 389 | 28 | 7 | 2 | .983 | 8.019 | 16 | |||
| Steve Stone | C | 13 | 99 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 7.923 | 2 | |||
| George Ban | C | 9 | 58 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.222 | 3 | |||
| Ronald Rockhill | C | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | 0 | |||
| Jose Valenzuela | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Ruben Santana | C | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 0 | |||
| Johnnie Fletcher | C | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | 0 | |||
| Rufino Linares | OF | 55 | 106 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .949 | 2.018 | ||||
| Robert Long | OF | 42 | 46 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Steve Oliva | OF | 38 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 1.026 | ||||
| Eric Cervantes | OF | 32 | 52 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .963 | 1.625 | ||||
| Jaime James | OF | 28 | 35 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .923 | 1.286 | ||||
| Johnnie Fletcher | OF | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .722 | .722 | ||||
| Daniel Newell | OF | 14 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.357 | ||||
| Thomas Westlake | OF | 6 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .824 | 2.333 | ||||
| Ronald Rockhill | OF | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .750 | ||||
| Charles Smith | OF | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Dave Campbell | P | 22 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .455 | ||||
| Larry Bryant | P | 18 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| William King | P | 16 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .688 | ||||
| Vincent Titus | P | 14 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| George Phillips | P | 13 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .385 | ||||
| Steven Kerns | P | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | .750 | .692 | ||||
| Tim Costello | P | 13 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .941 | 1.231 | ||||
| Cristobal Berroa | P | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .333 | ||||
| Timothy Waclawczyk | P | 10 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | .714 | .500 | ||||
| Robert Myers | P | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 | .222 | ||||
| Gregory Kastner | P | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .444 | ||||
| Joey McLaughlin | P | 8 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | ||||
| Pat Hobbs | P | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Rick Camp | P | 7 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | .833 | 1.429 | ||||
| Cristino Bello | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Jose Calderon | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .250 | ||||
| Mike Davey | P | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Westlake | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Leland Byrd | SS | 47 | 68 | 131 | 26 | 26 | .884 | 4.234 | ||||
| Jose Richard | SS | 18 | 22 | 39 | 3 | 7 | .953 | 3.389 | ||||
| Daniel Newell | SS | 7 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 1 | .955 | 3.000 | ||||
| Martin Iglesias | SS | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .833 | 1.429 | ||||
| Totals | 824 | 1788 | 648 | 142 | 153 | .945 | 2.956 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
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